January 26, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 26, 2018
STAT, A ‘Shark Tank’-funded test for food sensitivity is medically dubious, experts say by Allison Bond — Dr. Martha Hartz, an allergist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., says she frequently evaluates patients who’ve already forked over the cash for the testing. “Anytime I see a patient who’s had these kinds of […]
Tags: acid reflux, allergies, alzheimer's disease, Andy Sandness, blood cancer, blood test, Breast Cancer, Cancer, cervical cancer, Cherri Olson, Cognitive Test, cold
July 12, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
July 12 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Philadelphia Enquirer […]
Tags: ABC News, ABC News Nightline, ABCnews.com, acid reflux, alzheimer's disease, and Blood Institute, antibiotics, antidepressants, Arizona Republic, Australian News, bio-plotter, biomedical corridor
April 11, 2012
Mayo Clinic Florida to Offer Acid Reflux Treatment Using Torax Medical’s Device
Mayo Clinic announced Wednesday that its Jacksonville, Florida campus will become one of the first providers in the nation to offer a novel implant procedure to treat acid reflux for those who don’t respond to medication…“I expect this device to be a game changer for the treatment of [gastrointestinal reflux disease] in select patients who […]
Tags: acid reflux, Dr. C. Daniel Smith
January 24, 2012
Mayo Clinic-linked med device firm close to FDA OK
Here’s a little from an interesting piece by Lindsay Patton on Dailyrx.com about Torax Medical’s anti-acid reflux device. Mayo Clinic helped launch Torax in 2003 and Mayo Medical Ventures has invested in the company in the past…FDA panel has given unanimous support to LINX, an implantable device to treat chronic and severe acid reflux. That […]
Tags: acid reflux, FDA, LINX, Mayo Medical Ventures, Torax Medical